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Track listing

All lyrics by Jason Cruz, all leads by Rob Ramos except "Firecracker" by Jake Kiley #"Firecracker" – 2:52 (Jim, Jake) #"Better Days" – 2:24 (Jake, Rob) #"Solitaire" – 2:53 (Rob) #"Never Good Enough" – 2:18 (Jake, Rob) #"Gear Box" – 3:31 (Jake, Rob) #"Monster" – 2:21 (Jim, Rob) #"Bring Out Your Dead" – 2:51 (Jim, Rob) #"Rottin' Apple" – 2:28 (Jim, Rob) #"Radio Suicide" – 2:13 (Jim) #"Somnombulance" – 2:23 (Jim, Rob) #"Six Feet" – 1:45 (Jim, Jake) #"Speedball" – 2:02 (Rob) #"Wrong Side of the Tracks" – 2:40 (Rob)

Personnel

Jason Cruz Jason Alexander Cruz (born February 6, 1974) is the American lead singer and lyricist of punk band Strung Out, which formed in 1989 when he was 15 years old. He is also an artist, and a poet and fronts his roots Americana band 'Jason Cruz and ...

– Lead vocals, Cover design *Jake Kiley – Guitar *

Rob Ramos Strung Out is an American punk rock band from Simi Valley, California, formed in 1989. They are known mainly for their musical style, which fuses aspects of melodic punk rock, progressive rock and heavy metal to form their primary sound. They ...

– Guitar *Jordan Burns – Drums *

Jim Cherry Jim Cherry (August 2, 1971 – July 7, 2002) was an American musician, most famous for being the bassist in the punk rock band Strung Out. His other musical credits include the guitar player in the band Pulley, and bassist/vocalist in the band ...

– Bass *

Max Norman Max Norman is a British record producer and recording engineer active since 1973. He produced many acclaimed heavy metal releases. While Norman was resident engineer at Ridge Farm Studios in London, Ozzy Osbourne was recording his debut solo ...

– Mixing *Shawn Burman – Engineer *

Ryan Greene Ryan Greene is an American record producer, sound engineer, former owner of Crush Recording Studios in Scottsdale, Arizona and founder of Area 52 Entertainment in Los Angeles, California. In an over 25-year-long career he has worked with many art ...

– Engineer *Winni – Cover design

References

1996 albums Strung Out albums Fat Wreck Chords albums {{1990s-punk-album-stub